Safety-pack holder



April 14, 1931- F. L. RCJUSSEAU 1,300,306

SAFETY PACK HOLDER Filed Dec. 22, 1926 Patented Apr. 14, 1931;

FRANK I1. ROUSSEAU, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS SAFETY-PACK nonnnn Applicationfiled December 22, 1926. Serial no. 156,501.

My invention relates to an improved safety pack holder, and moreparticularly to a type of holder having the combined function of holdingin one end a pencil or other writing means, and providing in itsopposite end a storage space which is adapted to contain a safety pack.

My invention relates further to an improved holder of the type abovedescribed, 19 provided with means engaging the contained safety packholding the pack against accidental outward movement, and for engagingthe side of the pack when thepack is removed from its container to ripthe envelope or wrapper surrounding the elements constituting the packso that the elements may be available for use immediately upon removal.The value of this invention resides in its simplicity and convenience inremoving the safety pack from its holder and its accessibility andhandiness realized by combining the safety pack holder with a holder fora pencil or other writing means or any other article that is usuallycarried on the person and which is readily available at times ofemergency or at unexpected moments when need for its use arises. It isusually true that one carries at all times for convenient use a pencilor writing element of some description, and especially in factories orany other 10- cations where workmen are subjected to dangers orliability of being injured by cuts and bruises or the like, whereemergency packs of this type will be of great service. It will be 5readily seen, therefore, that a very convenient, useful and desirablecombination is effected, and one which will readily render valuableservice by combining a holder containing an article that is usuallycarried on the person, and providing a storage space for an emergencypack in said holder. 0

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a holder havingstoragespace in one end adapted to contain a safety pack either directlypositioned in the end of the holder and retained therein by a suitablecap posltioned thereover, or to contain a cylindrical cartridgeenclosing a safety pack which will serve as a cap for the end of theholder and 50 which may be removed from the holder so that the pack inturn "may be removed from it.

Another object of my invention is to provide a holder in combinationwith a pencil or other means as above described which is provided with astorage space either in one end of the main body portion of the holderor in a cartridge as described in the above stated object, the portionof the container enclosing the safety pack being provided with an in--clined edge surface and a projectingoverhanging lip which. serves toengage the end ofthe safety pack in inserted position to hold the packagainst accidental outward movement, and to further actas a cuttingmeans for the envelope or wrapper of the pack, usually of paper, whenthe pack is reinovedfrom itsholder to release the elements constitutingthe pack to render them readily available for use. The inclined edge ofthe holder provides a means for readily gripping the exposed portion ofthe pack between the fingers so that it may be" readily withdrawn.

These and other objects are accomplished bymeans of the arrangementdisclosed on the accompanying sheet of drawings, in whichi 0 Figure 1 isa side elevation of a pencil and holder constructed in accordance withthe principles of this invention; j

Figure 2 is an enlarged cross sectional view of the form of my inventionshown in Figure 1, the pencilbeing in reverse position, em closedas whennot in use, the safety pack being contained in a cartridge insertableinto and carried in the opposite end of the holder;

Figure 3 is aview similar to Figure 2 of a modified form of my inventionin which the safety pack is "contained inthe end of the main bodyportion of the holder, the end of whichis enclosed by a suitable cap;and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the cartridge and safety packof thetype shown in Figure 2, thepack being shown partly re moved to revealthe operation and effect of the projection on the casing in ripping theenvelope enclosing the elements constituting thepackw The various novelfeatures of the invention Willbe apparent from the following tipscrip-10(1.

I and preferably, but not necessarily, provided withj a shoulder ll-inarestricted end portion 12, which serves to hold asuitable writingmeans, such as pencil 13. The pencil is held in a cap member 14 providedwith a ridge 15 and is adapted tobe-positioned with the end of thepencil exposed, as, shown in Flgure 1, or in a closed position as whencarried in the pocket whennot in use,.as shown;

in Figure 2. In either instance, the portion :efthe tube 12 engages thecap 14 to hold the pencil in place, the ridge 15 forming a-stop -tolimitthe Fdegree of insertion in either po- -sition. As shown in Figure 2,the opposite end of the holder' lO receivesa cartridge mem- ;ber,1-6,the-inward: movement ofwhich is limited by-theshould'er 11 in the holderso ,7 that the pack and the pencil point are always -;maintainedinspaced relationship.

-gauze18, a1ida small roll of adhesive tape "19,. the gauze having sewedthereto a mercurichrome pad, but it is tobe understoodthat vthe pack maybe; offany suitable type depending upon the treatment desired undergiven .The pack 17;' preferably comprises a 'rollof I storagespaeein-Oneendzthereof, and a safety pack in said. storage-'s'pace,.: said holderhaving a projection engaging the side of said pack upon removal to ripthe wrapper thereof" I I v 2, The combination of a holder having astorage space in one end thereof, and a safety packin said storagespace, said holder having aprojection engaging said pack to hold .vsaid:packiagainst accidental outward -n1ove- -mentand fonengaging the sideof said pack .upon removal torip the wrapper II thereof.

- Signed-at Chicago, Illinois, this 13th .day of December, 1926.

conditions, therkind. selected being that suit- .able fortreating-expected or'likely emergencies. The elements. comprising thepack are enclosed in; a-suitable wrapper 20,.preferably. of paper orany-material Iwhich may be, readily severed, the -wrapper I serving tomaintain the elements. of the packjcleanand inv a thoroughly sterilizedcondition. The cartridge;16 is provided at its;inward endijwi'th-an.inelinedendwall 21: and a; proj ection 1 22 havin-g a sharp :pointadapted :to engage the side of the pack when it-i s with drawn from *thecartridge 1 in a manner to rip the wrapper to I release the elements ofthe pack. The projection 20 further serves asia retaining means for the;pack .within the cartridge; to prevent the.- cartridge-from accidentaloutward. movement.

-flhepmodification shown-in Figure. 3'entibodiesthe same principles,1itbeing different instruoture only: invthatathetpiacklfl is-"containeddirectly within the body portion jof the I holder '10 in a storage spaceembodied betweenfthe endcof tlae holder' 10 and the shoulder 1 1,, Inthis instance, the end of the holderisprovided with a cutaway portion-21 and -the;projection;2 serves in the I sal ne -1nanner as the-.eorresponding elements of the :ca-rtridge in Figure2. In thisiform, a1 capmember 23,-isprovided to closely engage I the outer surf ace of:the Zholder, 10 and to ose-theme reo 5' In operation, in the event ofan*emer'-.

gency it ,is merely necessary to reinove the cartridge from the endofthe holderyto grasp FRANKILJ-ROUSSEAU.

